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The Manchester police are auctioning off a Rolls-Royce for what they say is a "bargain price." The luxury sedan was seized in September, and the driver has been unable to provide insurance documents and to prove legitimate ownership.
Buying a car from the police must be safe. It's not like they are selling a stolen vehicle providing fake documents. Besides, they check every inch of the car and line of the purchase contract and insurance to make sure that everything is legal. Furthermore, what the authorities sell is usually way below the market price. Like this Rolls-Royce Ghost right here.
The car goes under the hammer after the GMP (Greater Manchester Police) waited for a whole month for the one who was caught driving it to provide the necessary documents.
The driver of the black Rolls-Royce Ghost was pulled over on Deansgate in Manchester City center in September. When the police officers asked them to provide the necessary documents, it turned out that he did not have a valid insurance at the time. Thus, authorities are following standard procedure and are now auctioning off the luxury sedan for "a bargain price."
A new Rolls-Royce Ghost is a £250,000 affair ($301,373, at the current exchange rates). Yet the police are only asking for less than half of that price: £129K, which translates to $155,508.
The Manchester Police took to former Twitter/current X to advertise the sale, but did not provide a specific date of the sale, nor the location of it, which are probably not set yet. GMP collaborates with several auction companies in the area to handle the sale of the seized vehicles. The money raised from police auctions goes back into the community to support local causes and charities.
According to the GMP official website, the driver has 14 days to "prove satisfactory ownership and provide legitimate insurance of a vehicle." If they fail to come up with the required documents, the car will be disposed of via the government-approved vehicle disposal scheme.
This means that the car in question can either be scrapped or sold at an auction. That might as well depend on the value of the vehicle and on how much money can return to the community if it is sold. The car in the only photo provided by the Manchester Police seems to be a first-generation Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II, a model that remained on the market from 2014 to 2020. So that price might not really be a bargain one, since the car is not exactly new.
The luxury sedan is powered by the 6.6-liter V12 engine, which generates 562 horsepower (570 PS) and 575 lb-ft (770 Nm) of torque. An eight-speed automatic transmission transfers them to the rear axle. The Ghost can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 4.8 seconds and has a top speed of 250 kph (155 mph). There is no word on the reason the driver was pulled over. But he might have been tempted to check that top speed on the city streets.
The car goes under the hammer after the GMP (Greater Manchester Police) waited for a whole month for the one who was caught driving it to provide the necessary documents.
The driver of the black Rolls-Royce Ghost was pulled over on Deansgate in Manchester City center in September. When the police officers asked them to provide the necessary documents, it turned out that he did not have a valid insurance at the time. Thus, authorities are following standard procedure and are now auctioning off the luxury sedan for "a bargain price."
A new Rolls-Royce Ghost is a £250,000 affair ($301,373, at the current exchange rates). Yet the police are only asking for less than half of that price: £129K, which translates to $155,508.
The Manchester Police took to former Twitter/current X to advertise the sale, but did not provide a specific date of the sale, nor the location of it, which are probably not set yet. GMP collaborates with several auction companies in the area to handle the sale of the seized vehicles. The money raised from police auctions goes back into the community to support local causes and charities.
According to the GMP official website, the driver has 14 days to "prove satisfactory ownership and provide legitimate insurance of a vehicle." If they fail to come up with the required documents, the car will be disposed of via the government-approved vehicle disposal scheme.
This means that the car in question can either be scrapped or sold at an auction. That might as well depend on the value of the vehicle and on how much money can return to the community if it is sold. The car in the only photo provided by the Manchester Police seems to be a first-generation Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II, a model that remained on the market from 2014 to 2020. So that price might not really be a bargain one, since the car is not exactly new.
The luxury sedan is powered by the 6.6-liter V12 engine, which generates 562 horsepower (570 PS) and 575 lb-ft (770 Nm) of torque. An eight-speed automatic transmission transfers them to the rear axle. The Ghost can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 4.8 seconds and has a top speed of 250 kph (155 mph). There is no word on the reason the driver was pulled over. But he might have been tempted to check that top speed on the city streets.
This Rolls Royce was seized last month by GMP patrols on Deansgate as the driver did not have insurance. The alleged owner has since been unable to prove legitimate ownership, so this £129K car will be auctioned off for a bargain price soon. pic.twitter.com/bsZiyjpinL
— GMP Traffic (@gmptraffic) October 3, 2023
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